Mehdi Vaezi

{{Short description|Iranian footballer (born 1975)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Mehdi Vaezi |image = |fullname = Mehdi Vaezi |height = {{height|m=1.89}} |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1975|3|06}} |birth_place = [[Azadshahr]], [[Golestān Province|Golestan]], Iran |position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] |youthyears1= 1992–1993 |youthclubs1= [[Partsazan Khorasan|Sanati Electric Khorasan]] |youthyears2= 1993–1995 |youthclubs2=[[Payam Khorasan]] | years1 = 1995–1998| years2 = 1998–2000| years3 = 2000–2006 | years4 = 2006–2009 | years5 = 2009–2011 | years6 = 2011–2012 | years7 = 2012–2013 | clubs1 = [[Payam Khorasan F.C.|Payam]] | clubs2 = [[Bahman F.C.|Bahman]] | clubs3 = [[Paykan Tehran F.C.|Paykan]] | clubs4 = [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]] | clubs5 =[[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba]] | clubs6 = [[Steel Azin F.C.|Steel Azin]] | clubs7 = [[Machine Sazi Tabriz F.C.|Machine Sazi]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = | goals2 = | caps3 = | goals3 = | caps4 = 41 | goals4 = 0 | caps5 = 27 | goals5 = 0 | caps6 = | goals6 = | caps7 = 4 | goals7 = 0 | nationalyears1= 1997–2008 | nationalteam1= [[Iran national football team|Iran]] | nationalcaps1= 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | pcupdate = 3 October 2010 | ntupdate = 10 January 2008 }} '''Mehdi Vaezi''' (born 6 March 1975 in [[Azadshahr]], Iran) is a former [[Iran]]ian [[association football|football]] player. He has lived and grew up in [[Mashhad]] between ages of 7 until 23.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iran20.ir/view.asp?id=50081596866101436 |title=مهدی واعظی دروازه‌بان پرسپولیس دوبار داماد شدم |website=iran20.ir |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111091431/http://iran20.ir/view.asp?id=50081596866101436 |archive-date=11 November 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Club career== Vaezi played for [[Paykan Tehran F.C.]] before moving to [[Persepolis F.C.]] in 2006 on a 2-year deal. Earlier that year he was involved in a drug abuse scandal which ended in a 6-month ban from football and the breakdown of a transfer to [[F.C. Zob Ahan]]. Eventually he signed for [[Persepolis F.C.]]

During the 2006/07 season he only played a few matches for Persepolis behind the first keeper [[Farshid Karimi]] who had an incredible season but during the 2007/08 season he was the first choice keeper for most of the games but never played in the Tehran derby. This season went really well for him because he was known for his great saves and reflects but more importantly the fans preferred him over the other keepers such as international Goalkeeper [[Hassan Roudbarian]] and the previous season's first choice [[Farshid Karimi]].

During the 2008/09 Vaezi had many injuries which made him sit out many matches and a lot of critics believe that if he was not injured as much Persepolis would have done better in the league.

===Club Career statistics=== Last Update ''' 19 October 2010 '''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan=3 | Club performance ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup

! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! Season !! Club !! League ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals

! colspan=2 | [[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]] ! colspan=2 | Total |- |[[2003–04 Iran Pro League|2003–04]] ||rowspan="3"|[[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] ||rowspan="2"|[[Persian Gulf Cup]] ||21||0||2||0|||-||-||23||0 |- |[[2004–05 Iran Pro League|2004–05]] ||28||0||1||0|||-||-||29||0 |- |[[2005–06 Iran Pro League|2005–06]] ||rowspan="1"|[[Azadegan League]] ||20||0||0||0||-||-||20||0 |- |[[2006–07 Persian Gulf Cup|2006–07]]||rowspan="3"|[[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]] ||rowspan="5"|[[Persian Gulf Cup]]||6||0||1||0||-||-||7||0 |- |[[2007–08 Persian Gulf Cup|2007–08]]||22||0||2||0||-||-||24||0 |- |[[2008–09 Persian Gulf Cup|2008–09]]||13||0||2||0||1||0||16||0 |- |[[2009–10 Persian Gulf Cup|2009–10]] ||rowspan="2"|[[Saba Qom F.C.|Saba]] ||7||0||0||0||-||-||7||0 |- |[[2010–11 Persian Gulf Cup|2010–11]]||20||0||1||0||-||-||21||0 |- |- ! rowspan=1 | Total ! colspan=2 | Iran !||0||||0||1||0||||0 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !||0||||0||1||0||||0 |}

==International career== On 17 March 1997 he made the 31-man list for the national team but did not get selected for any games<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ettelaat.com/etbarchive/1997/03/17/P4.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-05-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930023633/http://www.ettelaat.com/etbarchive/1997/03/17/P4.pdf |archivedate=30 September 2011 }}</ref> He made his debut for [[Iran national football team|Iran]] in a friendly match against [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]] in August 2000. He was called up to join the squad in a few occasions, including in 2007, but did not make any other appearance for [[Team Melli]] before January 2008, when he made his second cap in a friendly match against [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]].

==Honours==

*[[Iran's Premier Football League]] Winner: 1 **2007/08 with [[Persepolis F.C.|Persepolis]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311042944/http://www.lastkick.com/?p=1439 Mehdi Vaezi banned for six months after positive test] {{Iran Squad 2000 AFC Asian Cup}}

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